Umbrella-cover.



W. W. RUCKER.

' UMBRELLA COVER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 11. [9!8.

1,289,Q69, Patented Dec. 31,1918.

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WILLIAM W. RUGKER, F PORTLAND, OREGON.

UMBRELLA-COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

Application filed April 11, 1918. Serial No. 227,926.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM W. RUoKEn, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State ofOregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inUmbrella-Covers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an umbrella cover, and the primary object ofthe invention is to provide a cover for folded um brellas, which iscomposed of a strip of fabric wound spirally about a folded umbrellawhich will permit the easy and quick mounting of the cover upon or itsremoval from a folded umbrella, and further to pro vide an umbrella withwhich it will not be necessary to properly wind the umbrella before thecover can be applied thereto.

More specifically, the object of this inven tion is to provide anumbrella cover which is formed of a strip of fabric, having an angularlydisposed extension formed upon one end of the same which extension isrolled to form a ferrule for gripping the ferrule of an umbrella andalso to attach an elastic strip to the end of the cover oppositely tothe end which carries the ferrule, and provides a suitable fastener oneportion of which is carried by the free end of the elastic strip, andthe other portion carried by the end of the fabric strip whereby theelastic strip may be wound about the protruding end of the stays of anumbrella and securely attached thereabout for maintaining the cover in aspirally wound position about an umbrella.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detaileddescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming apart of this specification, and in Which drawing:

Figure 1 is a view of a folded umbrella showing the cover woundthereupon.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of the end of the cover whichhas the elastic strip attached thereto.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the ferrule of the cover.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of the tip end of the folded umbrellashowing the ferrule end of the cover mounted thereon and in section.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of the blank of which the umbrella cover isformed.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, A designates an ordinaryumbrella, including the fabric cover of body B, and the tip C, betweenwhich tip and the end of the fabric body B of the umbrella the ordinarytype of ferrule D is mounted.

The cover for the folded umbrella, is generically indicated by thenumeral 10, and it comprises a relatively narrow strip of fabric 11which has an angularly disposed sub stantially rectangular extension 12'formed upon one end of the same. The extension 12 is rolled and fittedto the main body 11 of the strip of fabric as shown at 13 to provide aflexible ferrule 12. The edge 15 of the extension 12 projects beyond thelowermost edge or corner of the strip 11 and it is seated between ametal reinforcing ring 16 and a clamping shell 17 which shell isconstructed of spring or resilient metal and securely grips the edge 15which forms the lower end of the ferrule 14 for securely connecting theferrule to the metal reinforcing ring 16.

The strip 11 of the fabric is [wound spirally about a folded umbrella asclearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, and it has a strip 18 of elasticstitched to its upper end as shown at 19. The edges of the strip ofelastic converge, as they extend outwardly toward the free end of thestrip. An ornamental tassel 20 may be attached to the free end of thestrip 18 of elastic. An ordinary glove fastener is provided forattaching or fastening the upper end of the cover 10 about the foldedumbrella and the socket member 21 thereof is carried by the strip 18 ofelastic near the free end of the same while the inserting member 22 iscarried by the fabric strip 11 near the point of connection between thisfabric strip and the elastic strip 18 as clearly shown in Fig.2 of thedrawing, so that when the cover 10 is spirally |wound about an umbrellathe upper end, or namely the elastic strip 18 may be wound about theuppermost end of the body B of the umbrella and about the protrudingends of the ribs E of the umbrella. After the elastic strip has beenproperly wound about the top of the umbrella, the fastener structurecomprising the socket member 21 and the inserting member 22 areconnected, for securely holding the cover about the umbrella.

The spiral winding of the umbrella ,cover about the umbrella, will twistor properly fold the umbrella top, to provide a proper symmetricalappearing umbrella and will also eliminate the necessity of the previoustwisting or folding of the umbrella top to insure the proper fitting ofthe cover.

WVhen it is desired to remove the cover 10 from the umbrella, thefastening device is loosened and the fabric strip is merely un woundfrom about the umbrella, and the ferrule 14 is slipped off the tip endof the umbrella in its proper state, without necessitating the turningof the cover inside out.

If it is so desired, the fabric strip 10 may be made of kh aki or anysimilar material of desired color to conform with the color of clothes0r uniform Worn by the person carrying the umbrella I claim:

1. An umbrella cover comprising a strip of fabric adapted to be Woundspirally about a folded umbrella, an angularly disposed extension onsaid strip rolled and stitched to form a ferrule, and means upon theopposite end of the strip from said ferrule for attaching it about afolded umbrella.

2. An umbrella cover comprising a strip of fabric adapted to be Woundspirally about a folded umbrella, an angularly disposed extension onsaid strip rolled and stitched to form a ferrule, a rigid circularreinforc- Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the ing ring attached to the lower end of said ferrule.

3. An umbrella cover comprising a strip of fabric adapted to be woundspirally about a folded umbrella, a flexible ferrule at one end of saidstrip, rigid circular reinforcing means for said ferrule, an elasticstrip attached to the end of said fabric strip remote from said ferrule,the edges of said elastic strip converging as they extend toward thefree end thereof, and fastening means carried by said elastic strip andsaid fabric strip for fastening the cover about an umbrella.

4. An umbrella cover comprising arstrip of fabric adapted to be woundspirally about a folded umbrella, an angularly disposed extension .onsaid strip rolled and stitched to form a ferrule, a metalreinforcing'ring positioned at the lower end of said ferrule, a clampingring mounted about said reinforcing ring and a portion of said ferrulefor securely attaching said reinforcing ring to said ferrule, and anelastic strip stitched to the end of saidfabric strip remote from saidferrule, and fastening means carried by said elastic strip and saidfabric strip for fastening the cover about an umbrella.

WILLIAM w. RUOKER.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. O.

